The Community Library

4.19 Green Light: Gatsby and Lorde


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Lorde’s song Green Light is not about the infamous green light featured in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 novel The Great Gatsby … So then why do so many people think it is? In this week’s audio essay, I analyse and compare the green lights in both Green Light and The Great Gatsby. I try to understand why, like Gatsby, artists and audiences keep coming back to the green light.

Visit my website, Angourie’s Library, for a full list of references and resources.


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